Performance

Concerts

Current & Recent Performances

Salon Impromptu: A Salon Evening of Romantic Repertoire and Romantic Style Improvisation

With pianists Clemens Teufel and Christos Vayenas
Music by Poulenc, Teufel, Chopin & improvisations
7pm
Harvard Musical Association
Beacon Hill, Boston, MA

With Light in My Soul: An Evening of Music and Poetry

With poet Simeon Asparuhov
ClassicArt String Quartet & Ensemble with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Music by Dvorak & Dohnanyi
7pm
“Bulgaria” Chamber Hall
Sofia, Bulgaria

Folk and Art Music of Bulgaria: A Workshop-Performance

With Bulgarian Folk Music Singer Elitsa Stoyneva
Music also by Pancho and Alexander Vladigerov
5pm
Lewis Music Library
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

The Piano Is A Thousand Instruments: An Afternoon of Music and Conversation

With composers Carl Christian Bettendorf, Bert Van Herck, and Richard Beaudoin
Music also by Pancho Vladigerov, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy
4pm
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Some Past Performances

A Palette of Timbres

ClassicArt Chamber Ensemble
Sofia Philharmonic Chamber Music Season
Gabriel Fauré, Rumen Boyadjiev-Son, Bruce Adolphe, David Amram, Ian Munroe
7 pm
Chamber Hall "Bulgaria"
Sofia, Bulgaria

Soundworlds at the Piano

A Presentation, Interactive Experiment, and Recital
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Showcase: Open Studios Presentations

Rolston Auditorium
Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Canada

“Invitation to Collaborative Listening”: An Interactive Workshop

Holden Chapel, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

“Preludes and Repertoire: A Current-Day Exploration of Romantic Pianism,” : A solo recital of repertoire works and improvised preluding

Vladigerov, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, (Tzotzkova)
Cornelia Street Cafe
New York City

“Music for Two Pianos”, Conference Concert and Workshop, with Mine Dogantan-Dack

Sixth International Symposium on Music/Sonic Art: Practices and Theories
Brahms, Rachmaninoff
Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikinformatik (IMWI)
Karlsruhe, Germany

"The Piano is a Thousand Instruments": A concert-presentation

Rachmaninoff, Bartok, Chopin, Bettendorf
Lehman Hall, Dudley House
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

"Preludes and Repertoire: A Current-Day Exploration of Romantic Pianism": A solo recital of repertoire works and improvised preluding

Chopin, Debussy, (Tzotzkova)
Spectrum NYC
New York City

"The Piano Is a Thousand Instruments, or Standing at the Intersection of Sound and Experience":

A presentation in words and music
Bulgarian Cultural Salon in New York and Young in the City Artist Fund
Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy
Bulgarian Consulate General
New York City

"With Four Hands: Music for Two Pianists", Conference Concert

with pianist Mine Dogantan-Dack
Mozart, Brahms, Rachmaninoff
Chancellor’s Hall
Senate House
London, UK

"Bells, shimmers, and images: Zooming in on acoustic piano sound": A concert-presentation

Bulgarian Cultural Salon in New York and Young in the City Artist Fund
with composer Carl Christian Bettendorf
Bulgarian Consulate General
New York City

Open Studio Showcase

SonicExchange collaborative initiative
curated by Ursel Schlicht,
in conjunction with dOCUMENTA (13)
Musings on the music of Morton Feldman
with composer Nick Patterson
Fenster zum Hof (Fotomotel Wolf 53)
Kassel, Germany

Rosetta Goodkind Memorial Concert

Rachmaninoff
Manhattan School of Music
New York City

"Counterpoints: Nineteenth-century Music and Literature", Conference Concert

Debussy, Carl Christian Bettendorf
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
New York City

Solo Recital

Bechstein Artist Series
Chopin, Debussy, Vladiguerov, Grieg, Rachmaninoff
Bechstein Piano Salon
New York City

In the Spirit of Diaghilev

Argento Chamber Ensemble
Stravinsky, “Les Noces”
Miller Theater at Columbia University
New York City

New York Recital Debut

Artists International Presentations
Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Feldman, Debussy
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
New York City

Music and Dance collaborations

New Chamber Ballet
Dvorak, Stockhausen
City Center Studios
New York City

Chamber Music Series

“Vek” Chamber Ensemble, Sofia Philharmonic
Brahms, Messiaen
Chamber Hall at “Bulgaria” Concert Hall
Sofia, Bulgaria

Festival Showcase: New Works

European American Musical Alliance
Philip Lasser, Ori Talmon
Salle Cortot, Ecole Normale de Musique
Paris, France

Video

Claude Debussy, “Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum” from Children’s Corner
New York Recital Debut
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
25 April 2009

What People Are Saying

“A unique musical personality...
...The sheer beauty of her golden tone...
...Simply magical”

~ Rorianne Shrade
The New York Concert Review

“Very dramatic and powerful playing. Solid technique and color control... a strong musical conviction”
“A very much emotional palette of colors”
“Strong temperament and sense of drama supported by mature technique and a very musical ear”

~ Lawrence Graham The Manhattan School of Music

“It was music deeply felt and wonderfully transmitted to the audience”

~ Svetla Jelyazkova
Vecherni Novini
Sofia, Bulgaria